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JOHN G. STOOPS, WILLIAM J. FATE, AND FRED BENNAGE, OF NEODESI-IA, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application filed October 12, 1915. Serial No. 55,459.

WILLIAM J. FATE, and Fnnn BENNAGE, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Neodesha, in the county of Wilson, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and amusing wheeled toy.

Another object is to provide a wheeled trolley on which is mounted a rocking member carrying figures which are adapted to be moved in a see-sawing motion as the toy is pushed along the ground or floor.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy made in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan View; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. a is a horizontal section on the line 4:-4: of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents an elongated handle having a forked inner end 11 and an adjacent downwardly offset portion 12. Disposed between the portions of the forked end is a wheel 18, the same being mounted on a transverse shaft 1 1 carried by the ends of the fork. On each side of the center of the wheel is secured a metal disk 15 which protects the wheel from wear by rubbing of the forks. On one of the members of the fork there is a vertically extending arm 16, on the upper end of which is pivoted a longitudinally extending rocking member 17 on the opposite ends of which are mounted the figures 18. It will be noted that the pivotal point of the rockingmember is disposed a suitable distance from the center so that one end will normally gravitate .to move the figure downward, while the other end moves up. Formed on the upper end of the arm Copies of this l6is a laterally directed lug 19 which engages with the shorter portion of the rocking arm to limit the normal upward movement thereof. Projecting outwardly from one side of the wheel is a pin 20 which is adapted to engage under the longer end of the rockarm to raise the same as the wheel is rotated. In one arm of the fork is formed a recess 21 to permit passage of the It will thus be seen that by grasping the handle and pushing the wheel along the floor or ground, the pin 20 will raise the longer end of the rock arm 17 and then release and permit the same to drop after the said pin has passed. This will produce a rocking or see-saw movement of the arm 17, affording amusement to children.

WVhat is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising a forked handle a ground engaging wheel rotatably mounted within the forked end of the handle, a ver tical support carried by the forked end, a projection carried by one face of the wheel, and a figure carrying. rocking element mounted on the vertical support and adapted to be rocked by engagement of the said projection as the wheel rotates.

2. A toy comprising a handle, a wheel mounted in one end of the handle and adapted to be rolled along the ground, a vertical arm carried by the handle at one side of the wheel, an unequally balanced member pivotally mounted on the vertical arm, one end of the said member being normally depressed by gravity, a projection carried by one face of the wheel for engagement with the depressed end of the member to raise the same above a horizontal plane and subsequently release the same, and a stop member carried by the upper end of the arm for engagement with the other end of the rocking member to limit the gravitational movement of'the member.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

J GEN C. STOOPS. WILLIAM J. FATE. FRED BENNAGE.

Witnesses:

IRA D. SMITH, WV. F. SHRU.

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